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A London police officer was injured and his cruiser was in pieces, its rear end crushed, when it was rear-ended at a red light.

The intersection of Queens Ave. and Colborne St. was littered with car parts — chunks of plastic, fragments of glass and pieces of metal — as the impact bounced the vehicles several metres apart after the collision.

The cruiser was travelling westbound on Queens Ave. when it was rear-ended at a red light Sunday at about 3:15 p.m., Const. Jane Crosby said.

A male driver in a minivan struck the cruiser from behind, Crosby said.

There were no passengers in the van. Both drivers were taken to hospital by ambulance.

“The officer is injured,” Crosby said. “At this point they are assessing his injuries.”

Neither had injuries that were life-threatening.

Crosby said the veteran officer was conscious when police arrived on the scene.

The ages and identities of the two men have not yet been released.

It’s too early to determine a cause of the crash, Crosby said, but the police investigation will continue.

Colborne St. was closed from Dundas St. to Dufferin Ave. for a brief period after the crash while police investigated the incident.